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The Houston Texans released nine-time Pro Bowl safety Ed Reed yesterday, the latest blow in a
disaster of a season.

Reed signed a three-year, $15 million contract in the offseason after he had played his entire
11-year career with the Baltimore Ravens. The Texans courted him to beef up what they saw as an
elite

defensive unit that needed an upgrade in the secondary to make an expected run at the Super
Bowl.

But Reed, 35, never showed the playmaking ability he had become known for in Baltimore and had
just 16 tackles this season.

He missed the first two games after hip surgery and recently was relegated to a backup role. On
Friday, he expressed his displeasure at not starting. On Sunday, after Houston’s seventh straight
loss, he criticized the team and said they had been outplayed and outcoached in the team’s first
full game without coach Gary Kubiak, who is recovering from a mini-stroke.

“Everybody has their own feelings about what’s happening,” interim coach Wade Phillips said of
Reed’s comments. “They have their own ideas about what’s happening or didn’t happen. We try to keep
everything in house.”